Ephrath
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American Tract Society Bible Dictionary [1]
Or Ephratah
1. The second wife of Caleb, and mother of Hur, 1 Chronicles 2:19; supposed by some to have given her name to the city of Ephrath or Beth-lehem, 1 Chronicles 2:50,51 4:4 . Compare Genesis 35:16,19 . Elimelech was an Ephrathite of Bethlehem, Ruth 1:2 4:11; so also was David, 1 Samuel 17:12 .
2. A name of Ephraim and Ephreimites, 1 Samuel 1:1 1 Kings 11:26 Psalm 132:6 .
Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary [2]
Caleb's second wife, who was the mother of Hur, 1 Chronicles 2:19 . From her, it is believed that the city of Ephratah, otherwise called Bethlehem, where our Lord was born, had its name; and this city is more than once known in Scripture by the name of Ephrath, Genesis 35:16 .
Smith's Bible Dictionary [3]
Eph'rath. See Ephratah .
Holman Bible Dictionary [4]
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [5]
(See Ephratah.)
Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary [6]
See Ephratah
